title: Infantile myofibromatosis located in the temporal bone.
abstract: Infantile myofibromatosis (IM) is a proliferative disorder of infancy and early childhood characterized by the nodular or diffuse growth of lesions that are comprised of a mixture of mesenchymal elements. Intracranial involvement is reportedly rare, only eight such patients having been reported to our knowledge. We report on a 4-year-old boy with intracranial IM with a mass in his left temporal bone. A previous report on intracranial IM proposed that the underlying dura mater should be resected because of the possibility of early recurrence. At surgery in this case, the tumor was noted to be located in the bone itself and did not arise from the underlying dura. Therefore, the underlying dura mater and venous sinus were preserved. The follow-up MRI showed no sign of recurrences. It may not to be necessary to resect the dura mater in patients with intracranial IM.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Niimura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shirane
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshimoto
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D018224:Myofibromatosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed